Style points. Not a slam-dunk. An at-large bid. Forget about that. Chaos. Hard to count on. A conference championship game. Tough to imagine. A Utah win. That the Utes can relish, sort of, and remember.

If Friday’s game against Kansas really was Kyle Whittingham’s final regular-season contest as coach at Utah, it wasn’t exactly the kind of football the man favors. It was partway there, but only partway. Part way and either way, it resulted in a 31-21 Ute victory.

And Whittingham would take it, even if it ate away at part of his football soul. Loose parts everywhere here.

The longtime coach has a week before he contractually must inform his bosses what his intentions are for his — and their — future. Will he go on coaching? Will he float on a raft in a pool somewhere? Next week, that w

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